The Repealing and Amending (Second) Act, 2017 is an
Act of the
Parliament of India
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that repealed 131 Acts, and also repealed nine
Ordinances promulgated by the
Governor-General of India before independence. It also made minor amendments to The Plantations Labour Act, 1951, The Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act, 2015, and The Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act, 2016. The Act was the fifth such repealing act tabled by the
Narendra Modi administration aimed at repealing obsolete laws.
Background and legislative history
Prime Minister
Narendra Modi
Narendra Damodardas Modi (born 17 September 1950) is an Indian politician who has served as the Prime Minister of India, prime minister of India since 2014. Modi was the chief minister of Gujarat from 2001 to 2014 and is the Member of Par ...
advocated the repeal of old laws during his 2014 general election campaign. At the 2015 Economic Times Global Business Summit, Modi stated, "Our country suffers from an excess of old and unnecessary laws which obstruct people and businesses. We began the exercise of identifying unnecessary laws and repealing them. 1,877 Central laws have been identified for repeal."
''The Repealing and Amending (Second) Bill, 2017 '' was introduced in the Lok Sabha on 11 August 2017 by the Minister of Law and Justice,
Ravi Shankar Prasad. The bill sought to repeal 131 Acts, including over 30 Acts enacted before independence, and also sought to repeal 9 Ordinances promulgated by the Governor General of India before independence. It also sought to make minor amendments to delete some provisions, and rectify drafting errors in The Plantations Labour Act, 1951, The Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act, 2015, and The Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act, 2016.
The bill was passed by the Lok Sabha on 19 December 2017 and by the Rajya Sabha on 28 December 2017. The bill received assent from President
Ram Nath Kovind on 5 January 2018, and was notified in ''
The Gazette of India'' on 8 January 2018.
Repealed Acts
The 131 Acts included in the bill's First Schedule were completely repealed.
See also
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Repealing and Amending Act, 2016
References
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2017 in Indian law
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Repealed Indian legislation